Heather Eldred » mentoring http://heathereldred.com Executive with a Life * Living Alaskan * Living With Purpose & Passion Mon, 09 Mar 2015 01:14:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Reclaim your life and become successful in business http://heathereldred.com/reclaim-your-life-and-become-successful-in-business/ http://heathereldred.com/reclaim-your-life-and-become-successful-in-business/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2013 01:53:07 +0000 http://heathereldred.com/?p=11 Ok, so why read a blog from me about being successful in business and having a balanced, passionate life?  Well, I’d say it’s because I’ve pulled it off.  I am a 39 year old COO of a large company.  I’m a single Mom of two kids (one of which is a teenager).  AND.. I work 4 days a week.  Not 60 hours crammed into 4 days, I mean 32 hours a week – really.  I run a large company, run a family and have a life. I haven’t gotten it all figured out but certainly have achieved what few have – become successful in business and still have a balanced, passionate life. Since this is my first entry, I’ll tell you a bit about me.  I have been an executive working at multiple large businesses for 5 years and owned an Executive Consulting firm for three years.  I started in business as an accounting clerk before I had a degree.  I swear to you that I had absolutely no grand plan to climb the corporate ladder – it sort of just happened to me.  By the time I was 33, I was a vice president working for a large telecommunications company.  Growing up in a small town in Idaho where most folks are below the poverty level, this was the American dream.  I made it.  I wasn’t just making six figures; I was make 2x six figures plus some.  I had it all… or so you would have thought. I loved my job but I finally got so burned out from working 60+ hours a week and trying to be a good mom, friend, daughter, etc. that I never had a second for myself.  So I got my bonus in 2010, went off the deep end and quit my job.  People thought I was crazy!  I didn’t have a spouse with a job, had no other income and not very much in the nest egg department.  What I did have was a mortgage, 2 small children to care for and a sense that if I didn’t get out now, I would screw up my kids and never recover.  So I did it and it all worked out, because I knew deep down that it would.  I was to the point, where I had my Acura MDX and my Harley Davidson and all the other toys on Craig’s list.  I started figuring out where we could cut down and get by on a lot less money. I took a 3 month sabbatical.  I spent time with my kids (real engaged time, not the kind you have after working 12 hours and you see their lips moving but really can’t muster the energy to care about the girl in his class that was such a pain).  I started going to the gym, worked in my flower beds, climbed mountains, went to see my family in Idaho, rode my motorcycle, sat on my back deck with a cup of coffee or wine– every […]

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